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		<title>Steel in Grand Ridge Wind Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/steel-in-grand-ridge-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JandB Steel Erectors</dc:creator>
		<description><![CDATA[Just over 3,750,000 lbs of rebar in 66 Wind Turbine foundations were installed. Each octagon shaped foundation included a bottom mat, top mat, and column pedestal. Location: Ransom, Illinois. Completed: March 2008 http://www.jbsteel.com/index.php/photos/album/32.html]]></description>
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		<title>Know the facts before you sign!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Informed Farmers Coalition</dc:creator>
		<description><![CDATA[The Informed Farmers Coalition is a group of Lee County and Bureau County landowners and citizens whose goal is to spread awareness of all facts concerning wind farm development in the area. The Money Facts Wind plants lower property values. “At present time, anecdotal data indicates that wind turbines have a depressing effect on nearby land values and are a drag on the ag real estate market. Most recent anecdotal data from Illinois indicates that assessed value on farmland is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Turbine Setbacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>McCann, Michael</dc:creator>
		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of my clients and as a real estate valuation advisor to the elected officials of Adams County, I am hereby submitting my written testimony as a professional real estate appraiser.&#160;&#8230; 1. Residential property values are adversely and measurably impacted by close proximity of industrial-scale wind energy turbine projects to the residential properties, with value losses measured up to 2-miles from the nearest turbine(s), in some instances. 2. Impacts are most pronounced within “footprint” of such projects, and many .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy farm erosion, McLean County, Ill. (photos)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon.</dc:creator>
		<description><![CDATA[Twin Groves Wind Farm, located mostly in McLean County east of Bloomington, Ill., currently has 240 1.65-MW Vestas turbines. The second phase of 120 was completed early 2008. At least 240 more are planned by Horizon in this area to [create] one of the largest future wind farms in the US. According to Wikipedia: &#8220;McLean County boasts some of the richest soil in the world. Only patches of farmland in Argentina, southern Ukraine and along the Yellow River in China .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Real Myths About Wind Energy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/real-myths-about-wind-energy/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Quandt, Robert</dc:creator>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation for McLean County, Illinois, with data. This project &#8230; – Will not produce significant amounts of electricity. – Will not significantly reduce air pollutants of any kind. – Will not reduce the United States dependence on foreign energy. – May destabilize the local electrical grid. – May, in ten years, turn northwest McLean county into an industrial wasteland of 400 foot tall rusting turbines. – Will take almost 1,000 times (15,700 vs. 16 acres) as much land to generate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rene Taylor testimony to Town of Union (Wisc.) Planning Commission</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/rene-taylor-testimony-to-town-of-union-wisc-planning-commission/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor, Rene</dc:creator>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for allowing me to submit testimony this evening. I live with my husband and children on a 4-acre homestead in rural Ellsworth, Illinois. Our property is located near three turbines, one of which is about 1,500 feet from the North wall of our home, in the Twin Groves Wind Farm. In addition to living near turbines, one of the project&#8217;s two electric substations is located about 870 feet from our East property line, and about 1,000 feet from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing, May 1, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James, Richard; and McCann, Michael</dc:creator>
		<description><![CDATA[The testimony of Rick James, noise control and acoustical consultant, begins on page 22, and that of Mike McCann, real estate appraiser, begins on page 105 of this transcript. Download original document: &#8220;Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing, May 1, 2008&#8243;).]]></description>
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